Excuse the blondeness, still pretty new to buses.
I've looked at a load of rebuild projects and many of them go down the route of a straight axle. Not fully understanding the pro's and con's of this, could someone shed some light?
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Re: straight axle
Fitting a straight axle is a method of lowering the rear end. I think people use type3 axles?
CONS:
You'll need a big engine as the gearing is raised without the RGBs
One bearing carrying the weight of the bus as opposed to four in the RGBs
You won't be able to carry a load
PROS:
Errrrr ... uhhhh ... hmmm, you better ask someone else; I think lowered buses are stupid.
CONS:
You'll need a big engine as the gearing is raised without the RGBs
One bearing carrying the weight of the bus as opposed to four in the RGBs
You won't be able to carry a load
PROS:
Errrrr ... uhhhh ... hmmm, you better ask someone else; I think lowered buses are stupid.
fig
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Re: straight axle
Hey Fig...I think you should make this your signature, then all you'll have to do is click"post reply" and "submit"fig wrote:Fitting a straight axle is a method of lowering the rear end. I think people use type3 axles?
CONS:
You'll need a big engine as the gearing is raised without the RGBs
One bearing carrying the weight of the bus as opposed to four in the RGBs
You won't be able to carry a load
PROS:
Errrrr ... uhhhh ... hmmm, you better ask someone else; I think lowered buses are stupid.
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Re: straight axle
DITTO !!!!!!!!!!!SambaOwner wrote:Hey Fig...I think you should make this your signature, then all you'll have to do is click"post reply" and "submit"fig wrote:Fitting a straight axle is a method of lowering the rear end. I think people use type3 axles?
CONS:
You'll need a big engine as the gearing is raised without the RGBs
One bearing carrying the weight of the bus as opposed to four in the RGBs
You won't be able to carry a load
PROS:
Errrrr ... uhhhh ... hmmm, you better ask someone else; I think lowered buses are stupid.
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Re: straight axle
LOL!!!
Someone has to speak the truth about lowered buses, otherwise everyone will be lowering theirs because it's "cool" and only find out when it's too late that they've lost most of their bus's utility for a dubious "look".
Anyone who thinks lowered buses look cool, feel free to ignore me and go ahead and fcuk yours up.
Someone has to speak the truth about lowered buses, otherwise everyone will be lowering theirs because it's "cool" and only find out when it's too late that they've lost most of their bus's utility for a dubious "look".
Anyone who thinks lowered buses look cool, feel free to ignore me and go ahead and fcuk yours up.
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Re: straight axle
Lol. Haha. Ag but leave the dropped busses fan club, if they lowering it, there probably no way that they were going to take em offroad anyway. It probably boils down to use.
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Re: straight axle
Last edited by 1972 on Thu Oct 15, 2009 5:41 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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Re: straight axle
Thanks Fig, you learn something new everyday.
Granted lowered is for everyone
Granted lowered is for everyone
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Re: straight axle
Common sense and lowered bus in the same sentence?1972 wrote:oooh imagine th nice fireworks flying out the back if you did carry a load on a lowered bus
Now here is an idea "flip the RGB's"
oh yes and im sure if someone has there bus lowered, they should have the common sence to know they cant carry a massive load anymore.